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Research finds UK’s school staff spent £40m of their own money supporting pupils in hygiene poverty in past year, as campaign calls on new government taskforce to help

Stuart Mitchell

Teachers are calling for urgent action from the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce as new research reveals the UK’s school staff have spent £40M over the past year supporting pupils with hygiene issues. This comes as growing levels of hygiene poverty impact children’s wellbeing and ability to learn.  Research from smol, in collaboration with charity, The Hygiene Bank, has found that the UK’s state school staff believe that, on average, over a third (37%) of pupils in their school are experiencing, or have experienced, hygiene poverty; not being able to afford…

Collaborating to support regenerative wheat agriculture

Stuart Mitchell

How can food companies around the world help build a more sustainable food value chain? How do they include every part of the supply chain? What does collaboration look like? These are the questions Kellanova and its partners, Ahold Delhaize USA, Bartlett, and Arva Intelligence, helped to answer at a recent interactive event during Climate Week NYC. Guests sampled food and heard from wheat farmers and other stakeholders involved in the partner’s regenerative agriculture pilot program. The program, the first-of-its-kind for Kellanova, aims to highlight the importance of collaboration, education,…

Co-op Launches National Inclusion Campaign to Highlight the Power of Co-operation

Stuart Mitchell

To mark National Inclusion Week in September, Co-op have launched a new national outdoor and social media campaign which champions communities and the diversity that makes them special, alongside a new Social Mobility, Inclusion and Belonging strategy. The campaign, featuring manifesto-style poster mega banners in Manchester and Liverpool has a bold, brand point of view, stating that while ‘Hate Divides Communities. Co-operation builds them’. Reinforcing Co-op’s cooperative values and investment in supporting community causes that are important to its member-owners. The outdoor campaign focuses on high traffic, city centre areas…

Mindful Business Charter Announces New Guidelines to Tackle Mental Health Challenges in Legal Practice

Stuart Mitchell

The Mindful Business Charter (MBC) has issued comprehensive Best Practice Guidelines aimed at addressing mental health challenges within the legal profession.  The guidelines were developed by a working group of senior leaders in the profession, supported by academics and mental health professionals to address ongoing concerns through cultural change. The legal profession is a demanding and rewarding environment, in which there are significant risks of  high performance coming at the expense of wellbeing. The guidelines seek to create meaningful and informed systems that balance wellbeing with performance for long-term success.…

Asda Foundation awards over £1.2 million of funding to transform community spaces across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced a staggering £1.2 million has been awarded to 65 community projects to transform community spaces and places where local people can come together and thrive.   The 65 grants that have been awarded range between £10,000 and £25,000 and will go towards the improvement of community spaces in local communities across the UK.    Asda’s latest community tracker reveals over 20% of customers were concerned about the lack of community spaces in their local area*, as well as mental health and crime prevention both ranked in the…